Personal Life
She once worked for Bob Geigel as a bartender in Kansas. After retiring from professional wrestling, Noble entered into the pest control and upholstery industries. Noble owned Kay's Upholstery in Amarillo, Texas. She later worked in pediatrics at Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital. In her spare time, she played the piano.
Noble was first married to Doug Gilbert (Doug Lindzy), whom she met in an elevator and married in 1959. The couple had three children: Teresa, Michael, and Steve. After having the children, the couple bought a home in South Bend, Indiana, where they also owned horses. Her second marriage to Dean Fortune produced two sons, David and Danny. In November 1985, she married Dick Bell, to whom she was still married at the time of her death.
She died on April 27, 2006 in Amarillo, Texas due to an inoperable cancer of the stomach, having been diagnosed the previous October. Her funeral was on May 1, 2006. At the time of her death, she also had 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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